Sailcloth Catalogue

Sailcloth Catalogue
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Sailcloth Catalogue

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Overview: Bainbridge International specializes in cutting services for diverse industries such as sailmaking, medical, defense, and automotive. They utilize advanced machinery to handle materials like woven sailcloth, laminates, and composites.
Cutting Services: The company employs a Blackman & White automated cutting machine, which enhances capacity, minimizes waste, and ensures consistent cuts. It supports multi-tool cutting and in-house design capabilities.
Materials: Bainbridge processes a variety of materials, including woven sailcloth, spinnaker nylons, laminates, and vinyl upholstery fabrics, ensuring precision for different applications.
Spinnaker Fabrics: The document outlines spinnaker fabrics such as MPEX and AIRX, noting their durability and strength for cruising and racing. Specifications cover fabric weight, construction, and application guides for various boat lengths.
Marketing Support: Bainbridge provides extensive marketing support, including leaflets, sample systems, and dedicated websites to enhance product understanding and value.
Global Presence: Bainbridge International maintains a global network with offices in countries like Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, and the USA.
Sailcloth Specifications: The document details specifications for sailcloth materials, focusing on SPX and HSX woven fabrics and Diax custom laminate panels, highlighting their features and technical specifications.
SPX Woven Fabrics: SPX fabrics are durable, featuring high tenacity polyester yarns with UV protection, suitable for various sail applications. Different constructions are available, such as Classic, Black & Grey, and Storm Orange.
HSX Woven Fabrics: HSX is a premium range for performance sails, offering options like Vectran® hybrids. These fabrics are tightly woven for durability and stability, with detailed technical specifications provided.
Diax Custom Laminate Panels: Developed using advanced modeling, Diax panels optimize yarn placement for specific designs. Benefits include strong lamination and efficient material use, with various substrates and yarns available.
Key Features and Benefits: The document emphasizes balanced construction, UV protection, and high tenacity yarns for durability. Customization options for sailmakers include color and size variations for SuperLuff tapes.
Conclusion: This document serves as a comprehensive guide for sailmakers, offering essential information on selecting and applying sailcloth materials to meet performance and durability needs.
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Sailcloth Catalogue-2

Marketing support Cutting Service Fully vacuumed, flat 11.0m long x 2.7m wide, multi-tool cutting including pizza wheel, tangent knife, plotting tool heads, and Patternsmith software for in-house design, digitising, and nesting capabilities. Bainbridge International has always recognised that as a trade supplier our success is dependent on the success of our customers. With this in mind, Bainbridge continues to update and evolve the marketing support it offers. This ranges from a comprehensive leaflet and sample system to websites dedicated to both the trade and helping the end user understand...

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Sailcloth Catalogue-3

Sailcloth Sp innaker Fabrics - MPEX ♦ Specially designed for cruise and club race application SPINNAKER FABRICSDelivering a spinnaker fabric with consistent performance throughout the fabric weight range coupled with excellent tear strength and durability. ♦ C ruising spinnaker fabric developed to offer the optimum balance between durability, value and range ♦ Specially designed for cruise and club race application ♦ High strength 6.6 nylon yarn used throughout, creating a very strong cloth which performs even at high wind loads ♦ High d ensity and low porosity weave construction for high tear...

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Sailcloth Sp innaker Fabrics - AIRX SPINNAKER FABRICSGrand-Prix quality, race proven performance - AIRX the winner’s choice. ♦ High tenacity 6.6 nylon yarns in a high density construction delivering light sails in higher wind ranges ♦ D ouble ripstop weave delivers exceptional burst and tear strength and reduces damage from rig contact and handling ♦ Fabric bias specifically engineered by weight to match optimum sail design ♦ High water repellency provides best physical performance and minimum sailing weight ♦ High d ensity weave constructions deliver extremely low porosity which generates maximum...

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Sailcloth Catalogue-5

SPX Crosscut Sail Application SPX is a range of durable sailcloth utilising the latest weaving and finish techniques to deliver consistent quality, reliability and performance. It features tightly woven yarns with UV protection throughout. SPX incorporates high tenacity polyester across the range, whilst still providing ease of handling. Within the SPX range there are different constructions and colours suitable for a wide range of sail applications. Designed and made in Europe. Sailcloth Woven Fabrics - SPX ♦ N ear parity strength in warp and fill 'balances' the cloth and make it suitable for...

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♦ Tan and Cream colours in a wide range of weights♦ Perfo rmance with a traditional look and easy handling♦ Balanced construction covers most classic boat types ♦ SPX black utilises the same durable construction, in a colour-fast “stealth” black Sailcloth Woven Fabrics - SPX Classic Description Fill - Dtex Width Please note: Colour representations for Sailcloth, Cover Material and other dye coloured items shown are the closest approximate match permissible by print process. Customers should be aware that the colour of fabrics will alter in appearance to the eye by the light and environment, e.g....

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Sailcloth Woven Fabrics - SPX Storm Orange & UV SPX Storm Orange sailcloth is specially developed to comply with international safety regulations for heavy weather and storm sails. ♦ SPX Storm Orange gives maximum visibility ♦ Available in both 825 (8.5oz) and 1025 (10.6oz) styles Pressure dye process: Ensuring greater colour consistency Proven durability and performance ♦ A must for all bad weather conditions SPX Colours are produced to suit a large variety of sail applications and feature high tenacity yarns for strength and durability. ♦ The same durable balanced construction used across the...

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STRONG FILL WOVENS ♦ Fill orientated cloth for high aspect sails ♦ Double fill yarn gives a 10 mm fill stripe weave ♦ Combination of HT and ST yarns for optimised construction Sailcloth Woven Fabrics - HSX HSX is Bainbridge’s range of premium woven fabrics, for performance sails. HSX covers a broad range of uses, with Balanced, Strong Fill, Strong Warp and Vectran® Hybrid. High Tenacity and Super Tenacity yarns (HT & ST) are tightly woven to maximise the weave intersections and reduce the reliance on the finishing. Each style has its own distinctive weave pattern. UV inhibitors provide a sailcloth...

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|-|CS^ VECTRAN® HYBRID^^# HSXP & HSXV* Crosscut Sail Application LOA ft 24-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 ♦ HSXV offers a premier hybrid fabric, incorporating super tow stretch Vectran® yarns in a warp / fill ripstop matrix ♦ Balanced construction ideal for many performance applications ♦ Exceptional strength and durability ♦ Super tenacity polyester and Vectran® Hybrid ♦ Suitable for radial and crosscut applications ♦ The ultimate in woven sailcloth Sailcloth Woven Fabrics - HSXV Description Sailcloth ^ Woven Fabrics - Application Chart

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An aromatic polyamide fibre is basically similar molecularly with Nylon®. It has six sided molecular rings, which are formed into rods when the fibre is drawn. Benefits: Diax Custom Laminate panels have been developed combining the experience gained from years of sailcloth production and the examination of extensive data gathered from nearly every type of sail and cloth. Our use of computer aeroelastic modelling allows us to put the yarns in exactly the required places for the loads that are predicted for a wide variety of usage and conditions. These benefits are also the reason it is susceptible...

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♦ Coloured stitching for fast and easy identification ♦ Sewn construction - not heat welded ♦ Totally encapsulated high quality hard braid luff rope ♦ Made using Bainbridge Sailcloth ♦ Carefully controlled finished tape diameter to fit all types of headstay foils ♦ It's not just super tuff - it's SuperLuff Sailcloth Luff Tape - SuperLuff Custom SuperLuff tapes are available in colours and sizes to suit you project. Please contact us with your specific requirements. Stitch Colour Coding Key Q SuperLuff • BOLT ROPES Part no Pre-finished Tape Width mm: Finished size: Cloth weight: SuperLuff • SINGLE...

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